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#Q #MG #SF #F #1stLinePit Crask and I slide down the embankment into the dark cave, small pebbles roll down next to us. They echo in the darkness as they find their way to the bottom. At least that let us know that there really was a bottom.

Red and blue lights flash through the window. “No, mom. No!” I use all my strength to lift her from the floor. I pull her arm over my shoulder and walk with her. “You’ve gotta move mom! Come on! We’ve gotta get your blood pumping! Get these toxins out of your system!” #C #YA #CON #F #1stLinePit

Only the night birds provided company in my caged existence. They were my link to the outside world, a fragile tether to life beyond my warded room. They’d swoop and dive, triumphant in their freedom—something I’d never known and never would. #1stLinePit #F #R #RF #A #Q #AgentGuide #AgentsGuide

Trying to follow everyone who likes my 1stlinepit posts today! Thank you all for the love! #writingcommunity! if you need support back please comment a link to your post so I can share that love right back!

#Q #YA #RF #1stLinePit We run through the forest; the full moon is the only light we need. We know where we are going. A small group of warriors ready to take down the would-be usurper and all who protect him. (my 8am post that I didn't click post on 😅)

“I'm bored,” Cyprienne puffed out into the cool night air, glancing over at her silent companion as he leaned against the large cement block behind her on the rooftop, taking in the cityscape. #1stLinePit #Q #A #UF #RF

#Q #A #F #1stLinePit The ringing in my ears was so loud. I looked over to make sure someone wasn’t blowing a whistle near my head. No one was there, but I wasn’t standing like I thought either. My body dragged against the ground; loose dirt scraped against my back; my legs were numb.

Next #1stLinePit will take place: 🗓️ EVENT DAY: Saturday, April 5th ⏲️ EVENT START: 12.00 UTC To find out what that means to you, Google: 🔍 12 UTC to [your city/area] #WritingCommunity

April is Adopt an Indie Author Month #adoptme #adoptanindieauthormonth #apriladoptanindieauthor #indieauthors #sattire

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Spiders

New new new

Find me in all the places

Spider!!! The in my computer!!! No no burn it down

#writingtips #queryingauthors #querying #writerscommunity

I’ll have to check this out.

Critical for self-publishing authors: If you don’t have a clear budget for every aspect of writing and publishing your book, you’re going to end up budgeting by default, and this can create problems. Insight from Joel Pitney: janefriedman.com/how-to-budge...

AITA for refusing to ‘stay in my place’ and causing a little chaos by getting the witch in the woods involved in my vying for a crown I will never lose once I chop it off the head it currently sits on? #unhingedpit #ya #na #fantasy #romantasy #q

#unhingedpit #a #uf #ownvoices #q AITA for asking too many questions and accidentally causing chaos in the afterlife because I'm the only ghost who can feel pain? I mean maybe, but at least my teen-aged supervisor is cool with me day drinking.

Being a ghost sucks Chronic pain super sucks But if I get fired, I’ll be extra dead (who will rescue my kidnapped daughter then) So here I am, migraine-ridden & stabbing serial killers to keep my job—while dodging afterlife bureaucracy & somehow surviving death #Unhingedpit #a #uf #own #q

Take Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" & add Vikings Enemies to lovers into a love triangle, a badass fmc who descends into madness & a witch who seems fixed on making sure war will arise yeah... that's it. Like it, request it, doooo it. #unhingedpit #ya #na #fantasy #romantasy #q

Get your copy while you can #bookrecs branches on my tree

Get your copy before the sale ends #thrillerbooks

Two books y’all need to check out #bookrecs

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Support #PitchDis if you can, it’s a wonderful pitch event to help Disabled authors 🥰🥰🥰

Me when I meet new people online or in person😅😅

Weather alert for my fellow travelers #chronicillness #chronicpain #fibromyalgia

Don’t mind me I’m just literary agent stalking today #writingcommunity

Book Buzz #books #thankyou #bookreviews

I’m #literaryagent approved🥹🥹🥹 #amquerying

When you use #PublishersMarketplace Agent Matcher tool and every #literaryagent they matched you to is closed to #queries. #amquerying life is hard in the #trenches

Me trying to convince you to buy my book especially since it’s only $14 dollars right now until the end of the month as an after Valentine special: 🔗 on the 🌳 #thrillerbooks #mustread #indieauthor